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Open the selection box- Christmas Forum Chat Thread

milli milli

Welcome to the happiest thread on Boards, where it's Christmas all year round!!

Post pictures of Christmas, stories, YouTube clips, recipes, anything about Christmas.
Or if you see/or do anything Christmassy, post in here.

This Thread has become like a tradition, where Christmas lovers can think and talk about their favourite season, all year long.

And it doesn't take long for the weeks and months to fly by and all of a sudden it's Christmastime again!

Happy 'Christmas Out of Season' everyone!

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washiskin

Posy wrote: »

I also have the doves, they're the first things I bought in the BT Christmas shop this year.

I've got a load of luminous doves that I usually put around the Crib (when I can find them

). I love birds on the tree - usually robins but it's getting really hard to find good looking fat robins. Seems decoration makers like to make them look scrawny & sinister :eek:

washiskin

Mayo Gurl wrote: »

Fab washiskin, I'm feeling very deprived living this side of the country. I already have the pudding decorations from my travels, so cute.

Did you see the picture of the jumper?

Also, isn't there a BT shop in Galway?

[Deleted User]

Fab washiskin, I'm feeling very deprived living this side of the country. I already have the pudding decorations from my travels, so cute.

Posy

I also have the doves, they're the first things I bought in the BT Christmas shop this year.

mashedbanana

washiskin wrote: »

Also, fellow elves, here are my purchases from BT Christmas shop.....

Fabulous! I have few of the first 2! and I love them loads. I have the doves in gold & white, they look fab with the lights on. I love the snowflakes too. :-)

washiskin

Also, fellow elves, here are my purchases from BT Christmas shop.....

washiskin

I think I've found the perfect jumper for your hubs MG .....

[Deleted User]

mashedbanana wrote: »

Got a vision in my head now, of our dad's brown ball, thanks for that Mayo gurl! :-D

I didn't think I should suffer alone

mashedbanana

Got a vision in my head now, of our dad's brown ball, thanks for that Mayo gurl! :-D

[Deleted User]

My grandmother has a paper "ball" decoration from when she was a child many moons ago. My Dad used to always take the mick out of it, it was so old it was just brown. One year, she somehow missed taking it down, so its now up all year round - and is even browner. Its now fondly know as *Dad's name*' s ball by her

but to make the story even worse, she doesn't ever cop why we all roar laughing when she says it!!

WesternNight

baby and crumble wrote: »

My mum had a tradition. She had a load of ornaments that she and Dad got for their first Christmas, then she used to buy one special ornament every year to add to the tree- there was a special branch it went on and everything! I always loved it because it was the last thing to go on the tree every year.

Since she passed away my Dad hasn't put up a tree at home and he's not around for Christmas this year. I think I'm going to go liberate the family ornaments when he's away. I can't bear another year knowing they're still boxed up!

That's a really lovely tradition. Continuing the tradition is a lovely way to remember your mother as well

Posy

baby and crumble wrote: »

My mum had a tradition. She had a load of ornaments that she and Dad got for their first Christmas, then she used to buy one special ornament every year to add to the tree- there was a special branch it went on and everything! I always loved it because it was the last thing to go on the tree every year.

What a lovely tradition.

baby and crumble

Princess Peach wrote: »

This is also my life! We have ornaments on my parent's tree they had since their first Christmas married! Little plastic Santas with half the face worn off.

My mum had a tradition. She had a load of ornaments that she and Dad got for their first Christmas, then she used to buy one special ornament every year to add to the tree- there was a special branch it went on and everything! I always loved it because it was the last thing to go on the tree every year.

Since she passed away my Dad hasn't put up a tree at home and he's not around for Christmas this year. I think I'm going to go liberate the family ornaments when he's away. I can't bear another year knowing they're still boxed up!

Princess Peach

baby and crumble wrote: »

I don't have small people to blame. And I don't want to. Long live multi coloured Christmases, I say! This will be myself and my gf's first proper Christmas living together, and she's used to a Christmas tree on which the ornaments were illy changed most years to suit whatever accent colours were in the sitting room. I, on the other hand, grew up in a household where there were yarn angels with bits missing from where the dog had got at them... But sure you couldn't throw them away!

This is also my life! We have ornaments on my parent's tree they had since their first Christmas married! Little plastic Santas with half the face worn off.

I was living away last year and was moving back to Ireland just in time for Christmas. My boyfriend was getting the house ready for me. His family have a white tree and white lights and colour coordinated ornaments, so he said he had got white lights because he likes them.

When I got home I saw the tree had multicoloured lights

They are just so much nicer I think! And I'll buy any tree ornament I like, no theme for me please.

baby and crumble

Mayo Gurl wrote: »

Blame the small people. I know I do

I don't have small people to blame. And I don't want to. Long live multi coloured Christmases, I say! This will be myself and my gf's first proper Christmas living together, and she's used to a Christmas tree on which the ornaments were illy changed most years to suit whatever accent colours were in the sitting room. I, on the other hand, grew up in a household where there were yarn angels with bits missing from where the dog had got at them... But sure you couldn't throw them away!

[Deleted User]

Love2love wrote: »

I used to love the white lights. My house was very tastefully decorated too! Hated those awful multicoloured lights and dreadful plastic / paper portraits of Santa that everyone seemed to have!!

Then I had kids and I love love love the tacky multicoloured lights, tinsel galore and having no colour scheme on my tree. I like to re-create the 80's Christmas I had as a child. Now at Christmas, you could shoot a Cliff Richards music video at my house! :pac:

Blame the small people. I know I do

Love2love

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I love white lights on the tree but I caved in and agreed to have the coloured ones this year. Apologies in advance, but I really really hate coloured lights. At least I only agree on condition that they are used on alternate years:D

I used to love the white lights. My house was very tastefully decorated too! Hated those awful multicoloured lights and dreadful plastic / paper portraits of Santa that everyone seemed to have!!

Then I had kids and I love love love the tacky multicoloured lights, tinsel galore and having no colour scheme on my tree. I like to re-create the 80's Christmas I had as a child. Now at Christmas, you could shoot a Cliff Richards music video at my house! :pac:

Tipsy McSwagger

I tell people I love the dark early evenings and the cold and rain way more than the summer and they look at me like I'm a mad man.

mashedbanana

Dravokivich wrote: »

So I got home from work...

...to find my girlfriend was listening to Christmas songs.

ha! sounds like our kinda gal! :-D

Posy

This is the Christmas forum. In here, you're the weird one.

Dravokivich

So I got home from work...

...to find my girlfriend was listening to Christmas songs.

Pang

Mayo Gurl wrote: »

And when are you going to model for us??

I'll try get a pic up later. They're just so darn cute. I'm thinking of getting a few more for a gang of us that do 12 pubs every year!

Edited our 12 pubs list as well today!

Pumpkinseeds

I love white lights on the tree but I caved in and agreed to have the coloured ones this year. Apologies in advance, but I really really hate coloured lights. At least I only agree on condition that they are used on alternate years:D

Princess Peach

They have some beautiful Christmas ornaments in the Disney Store. I love them all.

Now to get a second job so I can buy a few.

Chattastrophe!

For some reason, I'm really feeling Christmassy today!

Doing a big clean-up of the house with the Christmas music blaring! It's our first Christmas in this house for me and my boyfriend, well our first Chrismas living together actually, and I just cannot wait to go shopping for Christmas decorations! (He's gonna kill me if he sees this!

)

[Deleted User]

Pang wrote: »

Was in Penneys yesterday and they had festive bow ties! I bought six. They were four different patterns. One is blue and covered in mini Santas, so cute. My favourite though is green with gingerbread men on it!

And when are you going to model for us??

Pang

Was in Penneys yesterday and they had festive bow ties! I bought six. They were four different patterns. One is blue and covered in mini Santas, so cute. My favourite though is green with gingerbread men on it!

[Deleted User]

Not sure if this is classed as off-topic, but I saw on my FB this morning that Sm**hs have launched a savings card, you can top it up instore. The only thing is, it can't be used online....anyway, might be handy to know

[Deleted User]

http://www.holidayspage.net/santa-hat-cheesecake-bites/

So cute!

freshpopcorn

Littlewoods have their decorations online!

http://www.littlewoodsireland.ie/e/q/christmas/r/100.end